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Padres Sign Kazuhisa Makita

By Kyle Downing | January 6, 2018 at 9:02pm CDT

9:02 pm: The Padres paid a $500K posting fee to Makita’s Japanese team, the Seibu Lions, Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune tweets.

7:35 pm: The Padres have announced the signing.

9:02 am: The Padres have reached a two-year, $3.8MM agreement with Japanese righty Kazuhisa Makita. Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reported the news on Twitter, noting that the team is likely to use him as a bullpen arm.

Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports first reported likelihood of a signing yesterday, which MLBTR covered here. As we noted at that time, reports that Makita would be posted surfaced around the same time that Shohei Ohtani was posted. The former Pacific League Rookie of the Year owns a career ERA of 2.83 across 921 1/3 innings, though he’s barely struck out one batter for every two innings pitched during that span.

Notably, Makita’s fastball sits in the low 80’s; he relies more on its movement and some deception in his delivery. He pitches submarine-style, like Brad Ziegler and Peter Moylan. The 33-year-old stands at just 5’10” and weights 181 pounds.

Makita will add to a thin San Diego bullpen that includes the likes of Brad Hand, Kirby Yates and Phil Maton at the back end. His contributions, along with a hopeful return to health by former phenom Carter Capps, could pave the way for improvements to a bullpen that ranked 24th among MLB teams in ERA last season, and 29th in WAR. That’s good news for a Padres pitching staff whose rotation averaged just over 5 1/3 innings per start in 2017.

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  1. amendoza1539

    5 years ago

    Joe Thatcher wasn’t available for the Padres reunion tour so they got this side thrower

    Reply
  2. trace

    5 years ago

    Good for them! Hosmer though…

    Reply
  3. Kwflanne

    5 years ago

    I’m sure our starters will be going much deeper in to games this year…. with Chris Young, Tyson Ross, and Clayton Richard at the helm…

    Reply
  4. paulnewman

    5 years ago

    Who are they dropping from 40 man to add Makita and Stammen?

    Reply
    • beersy

      5 years ago

      Lockett, Gale, or Szczur would be my guess. They could have something brewing as far as a trade involving Hand as well, which could open up a spot on the 40 man.

      Reply
      • lowtalker1

        5 years ago

        Lockett? Nah
        Gale and sizzler yes

        Reply
    • outinleftfield

      5 years ago

      Rondon was DFA. Solarte was traded. Those are the two spots they needed.

      Reply
  5. CompanyAssassin

    5 years ago

    I know he’s new to the MLB but I thought he’d sign for more than that.

    Reply
    • bringinthereliefpitcher

      5 years ago

      Unproven at mlb, 33 years old- teams arent exactly lining up for that. Moreso kicking thw tires.

      Realistically, Padres were only team interested enough to offer 2 years not 1.

      Reply
  6. CubsFanForLife

    5 years ago

    5 K/9 vs 2 BB/9. If this starts to go south, oh dear…

    Reply
    • AngelsintheTroutfield

      5 years ago

      Oh dear? They’ll lose $4m…

      Reply
      • eduardoaraisa98

        5 years ago

        Losing $4 mil in a span of two years for a team that isn’t committed to any big contracts isn’t a big deal. If there’s anything the Padres should worry about is signing Hosmer for 7 years $140 mil

        Reply
  7. dvmwitt

    5 years ago

    They forgot to mention Stammen who was a pretty big signing

    Reply
    • lowtalker1

      5 years ago

      Different article

      Reply
      • dvmwitt

        5 years ago

        Read the list of players in the bullpen. No mention of stammen who was signed prior

        Reply
        • lowtalker1

          5 years ago

          Um.. scroll down like 3… padres re sign stammen
          You’re welcome

        • dvmwitt

          5 years ago

          Wow, you’re a genius, except I was talking about this article. Hukd un fonikz werkd fer me

        • lowtalker1

          5 years ago

          And you’re a moron dude. Learn to type. You said nothing about stammen I told you it was there.

        • dvmwitt

          5 years ago

          What do you mean? Read my statement…says, they forgot to mention Stammen, meaning THIS ARTICLE. Derp

        • eduardoaraisa98

          5 years ago

          Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the signing wasn’t official until after the article. I got a notification couple hours ago of the Padres confirming the signing.

        • eduardoaraisa98

          5 years ago

          Okay, so I just checked the Padres official Instagram and Twitter page and they confirmed it four hours ago. So there’s that. MLB.com confirmed it at 2:45 p.m.

        • outinleftfield

          5 years ago

          That is probably because Stammen is not a late inning reliever like Hand, Yates, Maton, and Capps. Most of his appearances were in the 5th, 6th, and 7th innings.

  8. SixFlagsMagicPadres

    5 years ago

    This is like the consolation prize for not landing Ohtani.

    Reply
  9. stymeedone

    5 years ago

    Its a two year deal. Who cares about his age?

    Reply
  10. Polish Hammer

    5 years ago

    LOL! You beat me to it, some booby prize huh!

    Reply
  11. xkeiserx24

    5 years ago

    He’s going to fun to use in online ranked season on mlb the show

    Reply
    • matthew102402

      5 years ago

      I get screwed over every time with Pat Neshek. When it’s righty on righty, it’s an automatic L for me.

      Reply
      • xkeiserx24

        5 years ago

        Gotta get the season finest neshek he’s lights out for me

        Reply
  12. ttinsley1434

    5 years ago

    Nobody Cares……It’s the Madres.

    Reply
    • Padres2019ha

      5 years ago

      get off my lawn

      Reply
    • lowtalker1

      5 years ago

      No one cares about your team chump

      Reply
      • Padres2019ha

        5 years ago

        chill slowtalker. You’re on a Padres thread. So maybe you do care just a tad

        Reply
        • lowtalker1

          5 years ago

          Dude chill
          I’m talking about that scrub above

  13. mhdunbar99

    5 years ago

    Padres always find good bullpen arms. Nice mix with the others, can’t have every reliever with the same arsenal. Now – go get Hosmer! Make a statement like the Nationals did with Jason Werth years ago.

    Reply
    • amendoza1539

      5 years ago

      The Jason Werth signing has been slightly better than terrible… I don’t think he is a good comparison to make.

      Reply
  14. nsoddycu@gmail.com

    5 years ago

    This guy is the real deal. He throws about as fast as a hs pitcher but his delivery is unlike anyone in the MLB, even when it comes to side winders. I can’t wait to watch him pitch on That’s Nasty.

    Reply
  15. BaseballRebel

    5 years ago

    This guy is a hidden gem, I think he’ll be better than Ohtani and the hype

    Reply

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